We slept deeply while it stormed most of the night. As we woke up the rain let up and as we ate the amazingly fresh yogurt and sipped our...

Our last full day of hiking. A but of a climb out of Bärnstatt after getting dropped off at 8.30. Then some very nice cruising trail for...

Today is a ‘nearo’ (near zero’ day) were we only are going 1 mile to the next hut. So we ‘sleep in’ until 7.15 and eat breakfast then...

An early wake and we are packed and eating breakfast at the hotel by 7 am. We bus to the train station and then take a 1.5 hr train ride...

A zero in Innsbruck was very welcomed. We are in a super hotel across the Inn River from old town with easy access to the walking streets...

The breakfast of milk products direct from the cows we listened to all night was much appreciated. With big thunderstorms predicted after...

A really great stay with a precisely run hotel last night. Everything was perfectly maintained and very reasonable priced. And a super...

We woke up with the rest of the hut at about 6.30 and brushed our teeth with the rest of the hut and then ate breakfast with the rest of...

A longer hike today so we were up early and eating breakfast by 7.30 am. Breakfast was a really good selection and we are enjoying the...

A super breakfast included with the room and the taxi picked us up at 8.45. It’s a long road walk from here to where the trail heads back...

An easier day ahead of us. Breakfast was a choice of big bread breakfast, small bread breakfast or Muscli and yogurt. We went with 2 of...

An early wake up and we meet the apartment owner at 7.45. He has agreed to store our bike luggage while we backpack For the next two...

Today it’s a travel day. 7.5 hrs from Rome to Innsbruck via train with a transfer in Bolzano in northern Italy. Deutsch Bahn seems to be...

Our 2nd and last full day in Rome. We decided to do the Rick steves Heart of Rome Walking tour, which started 50m from our place at Campo...

Today we took in Rome. Several weeks ago we got tickets to the Coliseum for 8.30 am as that was the one sight we knew we wanted to see...

We slept in as we didn’t have a long day in to Roma and we doubted we would be able to get in to our apartment before 2 pm. We rolled out...

As we rode out of Sutri we passed another Etruscan and Roman sight. There was ancient caves carved in to the ‘tuff stone’ that been made...

It’s hard to find new ways to express the day. It some ways it is now routine - wake up around 6.45, get packed, allergy meds for those...

Breakfast at the hotel and off we roll. A climb came pretty early in the day and by 10 am we were at the top enjoying the view from high...

An excellent dinner and very reasonable in Radicofani the night before and a pleasant stroll back down to the hotel. We had a 7.30...